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2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising storing additional cold fingerprints in non-volatile memory associated with the at least one hot-spare node, the additional cold fingerprints previously in use but not presently in use in said deduplication fingerprints database.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is shared between more than one storage network.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is implemented in virtual spare hardware.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one hot-spare node further comprises a non-volatile memory in which additional cold fingerprints are stored, the additional cold fingerprints previously in use but not presently in use in said deduplication fingerprints database.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is shared between more than one storage network.
8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is implemented in virtual spare hardware.
10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the at least one hot-spare node comprises a non-volatile memory, the program instructions further comprising instructions to store additional cold fingerprints, previously, but not presently, in use in said deduplication fingerprints database in said non-volatile memory.
11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is shared between more than one storage network.
12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the at least one hot-spare node is implemented in virtual spare hardware.
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September 12, 2023
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